Thursday, May 28Thursday, May 28Protesters rally outside U.S. Embassy in Havana in support of Raúl Castro as U.S. judge dismisses case against Cuban diplomat Kilmar Abrego García
Thousands of Cubans gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana on Friday to denounce Washington’s indictment of former president Raúl Castro, hours after a U.S. judge dismissed human smuggling charges against Cuban diplomat Kilmar Abrego García in a ruling that accused the Trump administration of "vindictive prosecution."
The protest, led by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel in military fatigues, drew crowds waving national flags and chanting slogans against "U.S. aggression." Díaz-Canel declared the rally a "repudiation of military threats and imperialist attacks," though Castro himself did not attend, as reported by *El Mundo* . The demonstration follows the U.S. Department of Justice’s recent indictment of Castro on charges related to human rights abuses during his presidency.
In a separate but related development, a U.S. federal judge in Tennessee threw out the criminal case against Abrego García, a Salvadoran national and former Cuban embassy official, citing "unlawful targeting" by the Trump-era Justice Department. The judge ruled that prosecutors had reopened a closed human smuggling investigation in retaliation for Abrego García’s lawsuit challenging his deportation, calling the move "a clear example of vindictive prosecution." The dismissal, reported by *Al Jazeera* and *The Independent*, comes after Abrego García was deported in 2025 before being allowed to return to the U.S. to contest the charges .
The Cuban government has framed both the Castro indictment and Abrego García’s case as politically motivated attacks on the island’s sovereignty. Díaz-Canel’s presence at the protest underscores Havana’s efforts to rally domestic support amid escalating tensions with Washington, which has maintained sanctions and accused Cuba of harboring fugitives. The U.S. has not commented on the judge’s ruling, but the dismissal is likely to fuel further diplomatic friction.
> Background: **TRENDING — Cubans protest U.S. indictment of Ral Castro, escalating diplomatic tensions.** — *1 hours ago*
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